Zbyszko had defeated the champion in 1909 in a handicap match and thus was one of the few who could claim to be Gotch’s equal. In an article in the October 26, 1925 issue of the Denver Post, an article written by E. T. Kapp declared that Gotch dominated the Zybzsko, breaking ” all holds with
ease… and tossed the Pole around like a child.”